Jasmine Flower (arr. Jack Evans) by Liangzhen Zhu Sheet Music for Guitar Tab at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Liangzhen Zhu

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Arranger Jack Evans

Composer Liangzhen Zhu

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 2

Arrangement Guitar Tab

Publisher Jack Stanley Evans

Level 3

Product ID 1060476

Genre Contemporary

Instruments Guitar

Product Description

Jasmine Flower

Composed during the Qing dynasty (AD 1616-1912), this is one of the most famous and popular folk songs in China, and one of the earliest to gain popularity overseas; its melody can be heard in Giacomo Puccinis Turandot opera. The songs lyrics compare the purity of young love to white Jasmine flowers; an image that is reinforced by the pure and delicate melody.

Perform this arrangement as delicately as possible, almost as if the notes are rain drops gently falling onto a white jasmine flower, or imagine that the guitar itself is made from petals that need to be held gently to avoid breaking them. Also, it can be played slightly more freely than how it is notated, add rubato tastefully throughout to help the music breathe, and allow the open A and D strings to ring as much as possible to create a hypnotic drone.

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